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CHARLES ll. HELMS, OF POIIGIIKEEPSIE, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES H. GOODSELL, OE SAME PLACE.

HEEL-BURNISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,999, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed September 20, 1888. Serial No. 285,921. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. HELns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Heel-l3urnishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide novel means for burnishing the heels of boots IO or shoes; and to such end the invention consists in the features of construction and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a heel-lnu-nisher. Fl 2 is a plan view of a heel-lnu'nisher.

Similarlettersindicatc corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a frame, and ll the drivingshaft, shown with a driving-pulley, (l, and with pulleys D D, one being fast, the other loose. The counter-shaft E has two pulleys, I l one fast, the other loose. l-ly shifting a belt (not shown) onto the fast pulleys oronto the loose pulleys the counter-shaft E can be actuated or allowed to come to rest, as maybe desired. The counter-shaft E has an eccentric, G, adapted to oscillate the arm l[ in a horizontal plane about a joint or pivot, I. The oscillatory arm H is supported at its forward end portion by a standard rising from the frame A, and to its front extremityis adjustably secured a burnishing-tool, K. A heater, L, serves to maintain the burnishingtool properly heated during the operation of burnishing the heel.

In the drawings the heater L is shown in the form of a tube adapted to throw a gas j ct or tlame against: the tool; but of course any suitable well-known heating device can be employed.

A shoe, M, is shown supported by a holder, N. A screw or clamp, O, is shown adapted to clamp or secure a shoe in the holder. As the holder N may be of hard materialsuch as irona guard-pad, P, of soft materialsuch as leather or rubber-is applied to prevent the tool K from coming into contact with the holder, whereby the tool K might be scratched or injured. A ball, Q, seated in a suitable socket, is shown as supporting the holder N.

By mountin the holder on a ball-aml-socket joint the holder can be moved to expose various parts of the heel to the tool K. The stem R of the ball Q is shown as entering a socket in the spring-arm or yielding arm S.

A spring, T, tends to force the stem R outward. The stem R being capable of longi tudinal motion in the arm S, the holder N can be moved toward or from the arm S, so as to bring the shoe M into position to have the heel properly acted on by the tool. K.

The arm S has a connection, U-such as a rod or cord-extendin to a treadle or lever, V. By means of the lever V the arm S can be drawn or bent so as to bring the holder I a certain distance away from the burnisher K, so that a shoe can be properly inserted into or taken. from the holder. A spring, \V, can be' applied so as to prevent the arm V exerting such a strain as to break or injure the arm S.

I have found it convenient to make the arm S of thin spring metal and lirmly securing one end thereof to the frame A by means of a bolt or screw, X. This construction of arm S is simple and cheap, and the spring action of the arm holds the shoe M with its heel in proper contact with the burn isher, while at the same time said spring-arm yields as may be re quired by various sizes of heels or as may be required to move the holder away from the burnisher while inserting or removing a shoe.

In the drawings the shoe M is shown inserted into the holder with the last still in the shoe. The form of the shoe thus not apt to be injured, and the clamp or fastening O is able to get a tirm hold to securely hold the shoe during the operatitm. When the shaft E rotates, the eccentric G imparts an oscillating movement to the tool K, so that said 0 tool will effectivelyburnish the heel. The tool K (shown in the d ra\\'i11gs)is of a shape adapted to burnish a curved heel or a heel of the kind commonly called French heel, but of course any desirable suitable form of burnisher can 5 be secured to the arm II.

In case the arm S should press the heel too forcibly against the tool K such pressure can be suitably diminished by pressing on the lever V, so as to stretch the spring IV sutfi- 10o ciently to relieve the excessive pressure of the arm S toward the tool K without moving the heel out of contact with the tool, whereby the operation might be interrupted.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. The combination, with the arm S and the shoe-holder N, connected to the arm by a balland-socket joint, of the horizontal arm. H, carrying the bu rnishin g-tool, and the shaft E, having the cam G directly engaging the tool-carrying arm and oscillating it in a horizontal plane, substantially as described.

2. The combinal ion of the spring-arm S, having a socket at one end, a ball, Q, having a stem, R, entering the socket, a spring, 'I, in the socket acting on the stem, a shoe-holder, N, jointed on the ball, a lever, V, connected with the spring-arm, the horizontal arm 11, carry ing' the bur11ishing-tool, and the shaft E, having the cam G for oscillating the tool-carrying arm in a horizontal plane, substantially as described.

The combination, with the frame A and the shoe-holder N, of the driving-shaft B, the counter-shaft E, located above the drivingshaft and having the cam G, and the horizontal arm H, having a burnishing-tool, K, and directly engaged by the cam and oscillated in a horizontal plane by said cam, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the frame A, the spring-arm S, rigidly secured at one end, the shoe-holderN, connected with the spring-arm by a ball-and-socket joint, the pivoted lever V, and the spring XV, connecting the lever with the spring-arm, with the oscillating burnishing-tool K, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. HELMS.

\Vitnesses:

W. C, HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

